Derek Garza & Brent Long - Theatre Alumni

(08-02-2012)

Brent
Long ('05) and Derek Garza ('05) met at Adams State and quickly became
best friends. Today, they are operating their own professional theatre
company in Chicago.

Founded in 2010, the Mortar Theatre Company is a
collaborative group of actors, directors, designers and playwrights
committed to making socially conscious theatre and championing new
plays.

Their
work initiates community dialogue by lifting up and exploring stories
of everyday heroes who shape our society. As Adams State theatre
majors, Derek and Brent earned an education that has changed their lives
and, in turn, they are changing the world around them.

Derek Garza

Brent Long

The Adams State Theatre Department instilled in me a sense of wonder of
the stage. Something that I still feel as strongly as I did the first time
I stepped out in front of an audience when I was a freshman. Studying at
Adams State let me experience theatre from all angles, backstage to
onstage, playwright to actor to director to stage manager. And I couldn't
have picked a better place to do it. I made lasting friendships and worked
with tremendous artists that I still can count on for their talents and insights.
-- Brent Long